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New Right
New Right names two distinct movements: the Anglo-American conservative movement (Goldwater, Thatcher, Reagan; Hayek, Friedman, monetarism, deregulation, traditional values) and the European Nouvelle Droite, an anti-liberal identitarian current from the 1960s.
New River (London)
The New River is an artificial watercourse built between 1608 and 1613 under Sir Hugh Myddelton, carrying spring water from Hertfordshire to the City of London.
New River Company
The New River Company was an English water supply company, incorporated in 1619, that built and operated the New River carrying water to London until 1904.
New River Gorge Bridge
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge carrying US 19 near Fayetteville, West Virginia; opened in 1977, it was the world's longest steel arch span until 2003.
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, formerly New River Gorge National River, is a 2020 West Virginia national park protecting 53 miles of the free-flowing New River, with whitewater rafting, over 1,400 rock climbs, and coal mining history.
New River Management
New River Management is a series of venture capital funds controlled by investor Randal J. Kirk and managed through his firm Third Security in Radford, Virginia.
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, on Long Island Sound, founded by Huguenots in 1688 and named for La Rochelle, France. Population 79,726 (2020); major downtown redevelopment includes the LINC and Pratt Landing.
New Romantic
New Romantic: late-1970s/early-1980s British youth movement and new wave subgenre from London's Billy's and Blitz clubs, with flamboyant androgynous fashion and synth-pop acts like Spandau Ballet, Visage, and Duran Duran.
New Routemaster
The New Routemaster, also called the New Bus for London or "Boris bus", is a diesel-electric hybrid double-decker bus built by Wrightbus, commissioned by Mayor Boris Johnson, and in service since 2012.
New Rumaila power station
The New Rumaila power station, also known as the Rumaila Shamara Power Plant, is a gas-fired power station of about 2,670 MW at North Rumaila in Basrah Governorate, Iraq.
New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme
The New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (新型农村合作医疗) was a voluntary, government-subsidized health-insurance program for rural China, established in 2003 and covering 98.7% of the rural population by 2013.
New Scale Technologies
New Scale Technologies is a manufacturer of miniature piezoelectric ultrasonic motors and closed-loop motion modules, founded by David Henderson in 2002 and known for its SQUIGGLE motor, first shipped in 2004.
New School Kitesurfing
New School Kitesurfing is a kitesurf school and sports venue in Brenzone sul Garda on Lake Garda, Veneto, Italy, established in 2000, based at Hotel Rosmari, offering German- and English-language kite courses with radio helmets and boat support.
New Scientist
New Scientist is a London-based weekly popular science magazine founded in 1956, published in print, online, and app editions, owned by DMGT since a 2021 £70m sale, with ABC-certified circulation of 176,292 per issue (2025).
New Sensationist school
The New Sensationist school (新感觉派) was a Shanghai fiction movement of the late 1920s and 1930s, the first modernist school in Chinese fiction, led by Liu Na'ou, Mu Shiying, and Shi Zhecun.
New Sensibility
New Sensibility (új érzékenység) was a Hungarian artistic tendency of the late 1970s and early 1980s whose films formed the first wave of Hungarian postmodern cinema; Gábor Bódy coined the term in 1982.
New Shepard
New Shepard is Blue Origin's fully reusable suborbital rocket, named after astronaut Alan Shepard. First flown in 2015, it carries passengers past the Kármán line on 11-minute flights.
New Siberia
Ostrov Novaya Sibir' (Новая Сибирь, New Siberia) is a ~6,200 km² uninhabited island, easternmost of the Anzhu Islands in Russia's New Siberian archipelago; discovered 1806, explored by Toll 1886, permafrost 316–337 m thick.
New Siberian Islands
The New Siberian Islands (Novosibirskiye Ostrova) are a Russian Arctic archipelago of about 28,200 sq km between the Laptev and East Siberian seas, in Sakha Republic, comprising the Anzhu, Lyakhovsky, and De Long island groups with continuous permafrost.
New Simplicity
New Simplicity (German: Neue Einfachheit) is a 1970s label for a turn away from serialist complexity toward tonality, melody, and comprehensibility, chiefly in German music and literature.
New Slovenia
New Slovenia (Nova Slovenija – krščanski demokrati, NSi) is a Slovenian Christian-democratic, centre-right party founded 4 August 2000 by Andrej Bajuk and Lojze Peterle; EPP member since 2004, led since 2025 by Jernej Vrtovec, with 9 seats and four ministries in the 2026 Janša government.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach is a coastal city in Volusia County, Florida, population about 30,000, founded in 1768 as Andrew Turnbull's New Smyrnea Colony, known for surfing, tourism, beach restoration, and shark bites.
New Songs from a Jade Terrace
New Songs from a Jade Terrace (玉台新咏) is a Chinese poetry anthology on women and love, compiled by Xu Ling during the Liang dynasty around 534.
New Source Review
New Source Review (NSR) is a Clean Air Act preconstruction permitting program, established in 1977, requiring major US stationary sources of air pollution and major modifications to obtain permits.
New South Philadelphia Arena
New South Philadelphia Arena: planned NBA/NHL/WNBA arena on the former Spectrum site in Philadelphia's South Philadelphia Sports Complex, a 50-50 HBSE-Comcast Spectacor joint venture announced January 2025 after the 76ers abandoned the Center City 76 Place plan; targeted to open in 2030.
New South Wales
New South Wales (NSW), Australia's oldest state, founded 1788 with capital Sydney. Most populous state (8.15 million in 2022), largest state economy (~$700 billion), governed under the Constitution Act 1902.
New South Wales 660/760 class railcar
The New South Wales 660/760 class railcars were five two-car diesel multiple units rebuilt from the 600/700 class between 1971 and 1975 for compatibility with the 620 and 900 classes.
New South Wales AD60 class locomotive
The New South Wales AD60 class was a class of 42 Beyer-Garratt articulated steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways between 1952 and 1957.
New South Wales Bar Association
The New South Wales Bar Association is the professional association and delegated regulator of barristers in New South Wales, Australia, dating from 1901 and incorporated in 1936.
New South Wales C38 class locomotive
The New South Wales C38 class, or NSWGR 38 class, was a class of thirty express passenger steam locomotives built for New South Wales between 1942 and 1949.